Quentin Tarantino’s Top Australian Films

Academy award winner Quentin Tarantino talks about his long love affair with Aussie film and dubs Fury Road “the most amazing movie I’ve seen this year”.

[joemckim]

After QT retires from being a director in a few films I kind of want him to start his own youtube channel and just talk about old movies.

[trootzy]

Tarantino knows more Aussie movies than most Aussies.

[andrew]

Can I just say that Tarantino's pronunciation of Melbourne was phenomenal.

[joshua]

"What's your top 3 Australian films?"
*goes on a monologue about how much he loves Australian films*

[turnoffswitchon]

What an incredible interviewer. Her questions showed insight, genuine interest at QT's opinion/answers, and had excellent knowledge of her subject. Very understated and flawless. Imagine getting this much out of an A-list celebrity on a circuit interview like this.

[swapblue]

Here's the list guys:
1. Richard Franklin's Roadgames (1981)
2. George Miller's Mad Max (1979)
3. Tony Williams' Next of Kin (1982) starring John Jarratt

[moneyatslander]

The fact this guy can reel off so many Aussie films off the top of his head (and reference their director etc) shows how much he just loves films. Legend.

[stevezisk]

Imagine Him on Coke. You would NEVER get a word in

[SerlingPictures]

In 10 seconds tarantino named an obscure 80s Australian mystery thriller, justified it's remake through the script quality, and even decided Russel Crowe could be one of the main actors. He's a genius.

[superlinx]

‘Wake in Fright’ is my favourite Aussie movie. Grtz from the Netherlands

[thomaswangsmo]

Interesting that he compared Next of Kin to The Shining. I'm Norwegian, and the local titles for those films on release were respectively, translated back into English, House of Evil and Hotel of Evil. I'm sure he would get a real kick out of that little fun fact.

[HalSamuel]

No one loves anything as much as Tarantino loves cinema.

[blackjuju]

The best thing about Tarantino is that he is a genuine fan of film. He is one of a kind.

[ReinventingTheSteve]

'Chopper' is my favourite Aussie movie 😊

[kezothehappylurker]

Christ, he really IS an encyclopedia of movies!..Always loved QT's films, my wet dream would be for QT to direct something from Stephen King!

[boodgy]

The feral child that grew up...perfection....it's why he's the best.

[MrJoebuck]

Walkabout-Wake in fright-Gallipoli-The man from Honk Kong-Strictly Ballroom are all great movies and have all a special place in my list of favourites of all time. I love the aussie movies.

[billnadj]

Its so impressive that an American film maker knows so much about Australian cinema, lots of respect considering how busy he would be with his own career. But, the feeling of dread in Picnic From Hanging Rock was as good if not better than Next Of Kin.

[curtisebear]

Finally an American who’s says “Melbourne” properly. Melbin, not MelBORN.

[simonainscough]

give this man citizenship would be hard to find many aussie directors with this sort of historical knowledge one of the greats